< Psalms 138 >
1 By David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
BY DAVID. I confess You with all my heart, I praise You before the gods.
2 I will bow down towards your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.
I bow myself toward Your holy temple, And I confess Your Name, For Your kindness, and for Your truth, For You have made Your saying great above all Your Name.
3 In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
In the day I called, when You answer me, You strengthen me in my soul [with] strength.
4 All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth.
O YHWH, all kings of earth confess You, When they have heard the sayings of Your mouth.
5 Yes, they will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the LORD’s glory is great!
And they sing in the ways of YHWH, For the glory of YHWH [is] great.
6 For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.
For YHWH [is] high, and He sees the lowly, And He knows the haughty from afar.
7 Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
If I walk in the midst of distress You quicken me, You send forth Your hand against the anger of my enemies, And Your right hand saves me.
8 The LORD will fulfil that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, LORD, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
YHWH perfects for me, O YHWH, Your kindness [is] for all time, Do not let the works of Your hands fall!